The Tricky Art of Prophecy: Guest Blogger Shay West

To celebrate the upcoming launch of Shay West’s Shattered Destiny, I’m letting her take over my blog! I hope you’ll enjoy her guest post and check out her book when it releases on May 1st. 🙂 — Jamie

Prophecy is as important to the fantasy genre as magic. It’s what starts the whole thing off, mentioning a hero that will come to save the day. Sometimes it even tries to spell out how the hero will go about performing the usually impossible task of saving the entire world from danger. But most often the hero is left to slog through the adventure with the knowledge that he or she alone is responsible for the fate of everyone.

That would kinda put a damper on your day wouldn’t it?

One of my favorite authors, Terry Goodkind, uses prophecy but there is often more than one way to interpret the words…